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the_o same_o learned_a friar_n have_v these_o word_n initio_fw-la quod_fw-la nostra_fw-la opera_fw-la minus_fw-la habent_fw-la id_fw-la supplent_fw-la opera_fw-la christi_fw-la imò_fw-la sola_fw-la opera_fw-la christi_fw-la merita_fw-la nostra_fw-la omnes_fw-la n._n iustitiae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la pannus_fw-la menstruatae_fw-la etc_n what_o our_o work_n want_v that_o christ_n work_n do_v supply_v yea_o only_a christ_n work_n be_v our_o merit_n for_o all_o our_o work_n of_o righteousness_n be_v filthy_a clout_n five_o s._n augustine_n avouch_v most_o constant_o that_o without_o god_n mercy_n the_o best_a liver_n on_o earth_n shall_v perish_v everlasting_o these_o be_v that_o holy_a ancient_a and_o great_a learned_a father_n word_n 13._o vae_fw-la etiam_fw-la laudabili_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la hominum_fw-la si_fw-la remota_fw-la misericordia_fw-la discutias_fw-la eam_fw-la woe_n even_o to_o the_o laudable_a life_n of_o man_n if_o without_o mercy_n thou_o examine_v the_o same_o six_o because_o 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